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II Kings
Chapter 25
1~~And
it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign {588BC},
in
the tenth month
{April began their year so this would be our January},
in
the tenth day of the month,
that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came,
he,
and all his army/host, against Jerusalem,
and
besieged it.
And
they built forts against it round about.
2~~And
the city was besieged
unto
the eleventh year of king Zedekiah {586 BC}.
3~~And
on the ninth day of the month
{fourth month we know from II Chronicles
and Jeremiah we know this was July}
the
famine prevailed in the city,
and
there was no bread for the people of the land.
4~~And
the city was broken into,
and
all the men of war fled by night
{the Jewish soldiers ran away}
by
the way of the gate between two walls,
which
is by the king's garden
(now
the Chaldeans were against the city round about)
and
the king {Zedekiah}
went
the way toward the plain {he ran also}.
5~~And
the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king,
and
overtook him in the plains of Jericho.
And
all his army were scattered from him.
6~~So
they took the king,
and
brought him up to the king {Nebuchadnezzar}
of
Babylon
at
Riblah {their headquarters}.
And
they gave judgment upon him.
{See
Revelation 1:14 for Bronze}
7~~And
they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,
and
plucked out {at knife point}
the
eyes of Zedekiah,
and
bound him with bronze chains,
and
carried him to Babylon.
{Now
- In Hebrew Style - the Details of Above}
8
And in the fifth month,
on
the seventh day of the month,
which
is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard,
a
servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem 9
and
he burnt the house of Jehovah/God,
and
the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem,
and
every great man's house burnt he with fire.
10
And all the army of the Chaldees,
that
were with the captain of the guard,
broke
down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
11
Now the rest of the people
who
were left in the city,
and
the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon,
with
the remnant of the multitude,
did
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
12
But the captain of the guard
left
of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
13
And the pillars of brass
that
were in the house of Jehovah/God,
and
the bases, and the brazen sea
that
was in the house of Jehovah/God,
did
the Chaldees break in pieces,
and
carried the brass of them to Babylon.
14
And the pots, and the shovels,
and
the snuffers, and the spoons,
and
all the vessels of brass
wherewith
they ministered, took they away.
15
And the firepans, and the bowls,
and
such things as were of gold, in gold,
and
of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
16
The two pillars, one sea,
and
the bases which Solomon had made
for
the house of Jehovah/God;
the
brass of all these vessels was without weight.
17
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,
and
the chapiter upon it was brass
and
the height of the chapiter three cubits;
and
the wreathen work,
and
pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass
and
like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
18
And the captain of the guard
took
Seraiah the chief priest,
and
Zephaniah the second priest,
and
the three keepers of the door 19
and
out of the city
he
took an officer that was set over the men of war,
and
five men of those who were in the king's presence,
which
were found in the city,
and
the principal scribe of the army/host,
which
mustered the people of the land,
and
threescore men of the people of the land
that
were found in the city 20
and
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these,
and
brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21
And the king of Babylon smote them,
and
slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath.
So
Judah was carried away out of their land.
22
And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left,
even
over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
the
son of Shaphan, ruler.
23
And when all the captains of the armies,
they
and their men, heard that the king of Babylon
had
made Gedaliah governor,
there
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
even
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and
Johanan the son of Careah,
and
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,
and
Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite,
they
and their men.
24
And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men,
and
said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees.
Dwell
in the land, and serve the king of Babylon;
and
it shall be well with you.
25
But it came to pass in the seventh month,
that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama,
of
the seed royal, came, and ten men with him,
and
smote Gedaliah, that he died,
and
the Jews and the Chaldees
who
were with him at Mizpah.
26
And all the people, both small and great,
and
the captains of the armies, arose,
and
came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
27
And it came to pass
in
the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah,
in
the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
that
Evilmerodach king of Babylon
in
the year that he began to reign
did
lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 28
and
he spoke kindly to him,
and
set his throne above the throne of the kings
that
were with him in Babylon; 29
and
changed his prison garments
and
he did eat bread continually before him
all
the days of his life.
30
And his allowance was a continual allowance
given
him of the king,
a
daily rate for every day,
all
the days of his life.
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